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Travel Blogs from Chania

My friend Jim asked about the crises here. What crises? So far all I have seen is a few people lined up at the ATM’s. Greeks have a restriction of only being able to withdraw 60 Euro a day so they have to go to the machine often ( tourists still have no restrictions – well one, their bank balance). Apart from that you honestly wouldn’t know there were any problems. Tourist numbers maybe ...

... goats, and sheep. As soon as Elofonisi came into view, we knew that the drive had been worth it. The beach has several inlets of turquoise water, set off by the white and pink sand. This part of the island can have very strong winds, so we headed to the more protected side of the beach and found ourselves some 3.5 euro lounge chairs under tiki style umbrellas. From there on, the day slipped lazily by as we alternated people watching, gazing out at e ...

... Our hotel is inside the old Venetian city walls, which are filled with cozy alleys and picturesque courtyards. Later we walked over to the town beach for a swim. On our way we ran into the daily market that put most of our California farmers markets to shame. The fish, cheese, produce, and honey all looked delicious. After a while on the beach, we found a good waterfront restaurant and were shocked by how low the prices were ...

... Great walk. Beautiful scenery. A formed path most of the way and all downhill so easy. Came out the bottom about 3pm (I was a slow walker as some people did it in 4-5 hours) at a town called Agia Roumeli. A swim at the beach (deserved), and then a boat ride to the next town on the coast that had a road to it (Sougia) Then it was the bus back to Chania arriving at 9pm. Pretty full day. Tired but ...

... park, exactly 5 hours and 13km from the start. About 12 folks were sitting in the shade of a cafe/shack waiting to take a €1.50 bus ride for the last 3km out of the park and to the ferry. We decided to spend that money on ice cream, so we hiked to the minuscule town in 20 minutes to discover hundreds of tourists waiting for the ferry! Many of them had been there for hours after finishing the hike at the allotted times. At 5:30, ice creams in hand, we boarded ...